diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index e0c51ebcc5..345c1121ed 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-04-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* config/tc-bfin.h (TC_EQUAL_IN_INSN): Allow assignment to dot.
+
 2020-04-16  Gagan Singh Sidhu  <broly@mac.com>
 	    Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-bfin.h b/gas/config/tc-bfin.h
index b9bc06bd73..ac54b3f67f 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-bfin.h
+++ b/gas/config/tc-bfin.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern bfd_boolean bfin_start_label (char *);
 extern bfd_boolean bfin_eol_in_insn (char *);
 
 /* Almost all instructions of Blackfin contain an = character.  */
-#define TC_EQUAL_IN_INSN(C, NAME) 1
+#define TC_EQUAL_IN_INSN(C, NAME) (NAME[0] != '.' || NAME[1] != 0)
 
 #define NOP_OPCODE 0x0000